Paintings of Greek Goddess Aphrodite (Venus)

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Aphrodite was a highly attractive young woman who dressed elegantly and loved to wear jewellery. Her eyelashes were curled and she had a constant smile on her lovely face, since she was a lover of smiles. Aphrodite had a tender neck, tender breasts ^[2] and beautiful buttocks ^[3].

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The Birth of Venus

The goddess emerges from the sea as a fully grown woman
Painting of 1482 by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
Uffizi Gallery of Florence in Italy
The Birth of Venus

Detail of the painting, where Aphrodite is transported from the sea to a sea shell so that she can reach the island of Paphos.
Painting of 1879 by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1903)
Venus before a Mirror

Venus watching herself in a mirror held by her son Cupid. The mirror allows the viewer to have more than one aspect.
Painting of 1555 by Titian (c.1488-1576)

In this picture: Aphrodite Eros
Wounded Aphrodite

Aphrodite, wounded by Diomedes, is saved by Iris, the Greek Goddess of the Rainbow
Painting of 1775 by Joseph-Marie Vien

In this picture: Aphrodite Eros
Venus and Mars

Aphrodite (Venus), gazing at her lover Mars while he is sleeping
Painting of 1483 by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)
Parnassus

Mars and Venus
Painting of 1497 by Andrea Mantegna (1431�1506)

In this picture: Aphrodite Ares
The Toilet of Venus

Painting of 1751 by Fran�ois Boucher (1703�1770)
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in United States of America
Venus and Adonis

Painting of 1560 by Paris Bordone
Venus in front of a Mirror

Painting of 1615 by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

In this picture: Aphrodite Eros
Venus of Urbino

Painting of 1538 by Titian (c.1488 -1576)
La Primavera

Aphrodite enjoying the arrival of spring in her garden with the Graces on her right and Hermes(Mercury) next to them, reaching out for some delicious fruit. Cupid is flying above the Graces, aiming his arrows full of love potion at them. On Aphrodite left, Flora is depicted, the goddess of spring, holding flowers in her arms. Next to her, the nymph Chloris, chased by Zephyr, the Wind of the West.
Painting of 1485 by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)

In this picture: Charites Apollo Eros Aphrodite
Venus Verticordia ("Venus the Changer of Hearts")

Read an interesting article about the painting here
Painting of 1868 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Venus and Adonis

Detail of the painting
Painting of 1587 by Bartholomeus Spranger
Venus and Anchises

Painting of 1597 by Annibale Caracci
The Toilet of Venus

Venus taking her bath attended by Nymphs and Cupids
Painting of 1633 by Francesco Albani
Venus with two doves

Painting by Francesco Hayez
Venus and Cupid

Painting of 1745 by Charles-Joseph Natoire
The Worship of Venus (Aphrodite)

Painting by Titian
Venus with a Mirror

Painting of 1580 by Paolo Veronese
Venus and Cupid

Painting of 1554 by Lambert Sustris
Louvre Museum in France
Venus and Adonis

Painting of 1620 by Abraham Janssens
Venus and Adonis

Painting by Francois Lemoyne
Venus and Mars

Venus (Aphrodite) and her lover Mars (Ares) captured by Vulcan (Hephaestus), the husband of Aphrodite
Painting of 1670 by Luca Giordano
Venus Anadyomene ("the emerging Venus /Aphrodite")

Painting of 1525 by Titian
Venus and Adonis

Painting of 1555 by Titian
Venus and Amor and an Old Woman

Painting by Jan van Bijlert
Venus and Mars

Painting of 1571 by Paris Bordone
Venus and her Attendats

Painting by Hans Zatzka
Venus Appearing to Aeneas and Achates

Painting by Giacinto Gimignani
Aphrodite Urania

Aphrodite Urania (the heavenly Afrodite) as patroness of the arts
Painting by Christian Grepenkerl
Venere Anadiomene (the emerging Aphrodite)

Painting of 1872 by Arnold Boecklin
Venus Anadiomene (the emerging Aphrodite)

Painting by Theodore Chasseriau
An Allegory with Venus and Time

Painting of by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Birth of Venus

Painting by Eug�ne Emmanuel Amaury-Duval
The Birth of Venus

Painting by Gustave Moreau
Allegory of the Triumph of Venus

Painting by Angelo Bronzino
Venus, Cupid and a Satyr

Painting by Angelo Bronzino
Venus, Cupid and Envy

Painting by Angelo Bronzino
Venus and Aeneas

Venus presenting Aeneas with armour from Vulcan's smithy
Painting by Ferdinand Bol
Venus and Adonis

Painting by Ferdinand Bol
Venus Frigida

The freezing Aphrodite
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
Venere Dormiente

Venus (Aphrodite) sleeping,a accompanied by Cupid (Eros)
Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
Venus binding her hair

Painting of 1897 by John William Godward
The Feast of Venus

Painting of 1656 by Giulio Carpioni
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Venus and Cupid

Painting of 1605-1610 by Jacob de Gheyn II
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Venus (Aphrodite) riding a Satyr

Painting by Dirck de Quade van Ravesteyn
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Venus at Paphos

Painting of 1852 by Jean Auguste Dominique
Source: Mus�e d'Orsay / Franck Raux
Venus Anadiomene (the arising Aphrodite)

Painting by Antonio Maria Esquivel
Venus convinces Helen to go with Paris

Detail of the painting
Painting of 1790 by Angelica Kauffman
The pearls of Aphrodite

Detail of the painting
Painting of 1907 by Herbert James Draper
Venus with Cupid

Painting of 1500 by Girolamo di Benvenuto
The Birth of Venus

Painting of 1923 by Lovis Corinth
Venus Playing the Harp (Allegory of Music)

Painting by Giovanni Lanfranco
Venus in front of the Mirror

Painting by Johann Liss
Venus Presenting Arms to Aeneas

Painting by Corrado Giaquinto
Venus and Adonis

Painting of 1565-1569 by Luca Cambiaso
Hermitage Museum in Russia
Venus and Cupid

Painting of 1570 by Luca Cambiaso
The Art Institute of Chicago in United States of America
Venus with Cupid

Painting of 1500 by Girolamo di Benvenuto
Denver Art Museum in United States of America
Venus lamenting the death of Adonis

Painting of 1768 by Benjamin West
Source: © Moira Burke
In this picture: Adonis Aphrodite
The triumph of Neptune

Detail of Venus(Aphrodite)
Painting by Nicolas Poussin